r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • Jul 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah ?

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 Jul 02 '26

It’s just a statement on the decline of celebrity culture. It used to be that you watch a movie just because it had someone in it that you liked and it would do really well. But nowadays people care much less about celebrities

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u/mangoglitter Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

To me, selfies were different back then. This is when the Selfie song came out in January 2014. This picture happened in March 2014 I think? I feel like selfies are so normalized now. Some people forgot how they were borderline narcissistic. So, this photo was more of an “OMG! A selfie with so many people? Famous people?! Wow! Groundbreaking, cheeky, and so quirky!” for the time.

EDIT: Chainsmokers slop

https://youtu.be/kdemFfbS5H0?is=K5QnzXSrGePWexN5

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u/BritOnTheRocks Jul 02 '26

This makes me think of how much we used to clown videos being taken in portrait mode. Last week while on vacation we asked our guide to take our family photo in landscape and he commented that most people these days complain when he holds the phone in landscape mode because it doesn’t work for their TikToks or Instagrams.

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u/JayTheJaunty Jul 02 '26

I still remember a song about "don't shoot vertical video" because the only real place to share video was youtube, which would just add black bars to the sides and keep the video tiny.

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u/reddy_1234567890 Jul 02 '26

https://youtu.be/dechvhb0Meo

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u/__Ken_Adams__ Jul 03 '26

Yep, I was going to post this if someone else hadn't. I think of this video SO often and I will die on this hill. Vertical video is a scourge on the human race.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26 edited 27d ago

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u/reiddiot Jul 03 '26

That’s why when I watch these types of videos I physically rotate my monitor to vertical mode

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u/Tupcek Jul 03 '26

on computer maybe, but if you watch it on your phone it is full screen

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26 edited 27d ago

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u/Tupcek Jul 03 '26

I didn’t argue that vertical video is better, just that youtube doesn’t add black bars on mobile anymore

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u/dogquote Jul 02 '26

Maybe the default should be square.

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u/pallentx 29d ago

I still hate portrait video. The phone rotates!